Fan-shaped top tapering into bulbous base. Green and blue striated swirl decoration loosely following shape of vase, ground pontil.

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Peacock Vase Vase, ca. 1901

This is a vase. It was produced by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company and the design director was Louis Comfort Tiffany. It is dated ca. 1901 and we acquired it in 1975. Its medium is mold-blown, iridized glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Louis Comfort Tiffany's patented "Favrile" glass, produced at the Tiffany Furnaces in New York, featured shimmering surfaces of iridescence, reminiscent of ancient glass treasures. The "Peacock" vases reflect Tiffany's interest in the long, sinous lines of the Art Nouveau style and his fascination with highly organic forms.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled The Lure of the Peacock: Iridescence and Immortality.

This object was donated by Stanley Siegel. It is credited Gift of Stanley Siegel, from the Stanley Siegel Collection.

Large trumpet form; shaped deep red rim tapering to clear yellow-amber-ochre colored body and circular foot.

Vase (USA), 1883–88
blown amberina glass.
Gift of Paul F. Walter.
2010-6-3

Eight-sided bulbous body on tall flaring base, tapering neck with bulbous knop and flared mouth; painted in underglaze blue on white, on the base with lambrequin border, on body with peacock, rocks, flowers, insects, lambrequin border, on neck and mouth with leaf borders and floral scrolls.

Vase (Netherlands), ca. 1700
tin-glazed earthenware.
Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.
1986-61-34

Jacket, The Scarab, from A I R Collection, 2016

Jacket, The Scarab, from A I R Collection, 2016
leather, heat and wind reactive ink.
Courtesy of TheUnseen.
46.2015.1

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Iridescent deep blue. Low curved walls with undulating rim; curved rib on exterior of each of the ten undulations. Broad, low foot.

Ashtray (USA), ca. 1900
favrile glass.
Bequest of Joseph L. Morris.
1966-55-2

Blue-green iridescent vase, with wide foot, mounted with amphora-shaped body with distended oversized neck. Neck in-stamped with vertical chevron pattern of simple leaf forms that disappear into base.

Vase (USA), ca. 1900
mold-blown favrile glass.
Bequest of Joseph L. Morris.
1966-55-36

$Book, Opticks, or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. . . ., 1704$

Book, Opticks, or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflexions and...
letterpress and engraving on paper.
Gift of Burndy Library, Smithsonian Libraries, QC353 .N56 1704.
92.2016.35

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 33.7 x 25 x 14 cm (13 1/4 x 9 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

On underside of vase: [1] "04646", etched.

Cite this object as

Peacock Vase Vase, ca. 1901; Produced by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company ; USA; mold-blown, iridized glass; H x W x D: 33.7 x 25 x 14 cm (13 1/4 x 9 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.); Gift of Stanley Siegel, from the Stanley Siegel Collection; 1975-32-11

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color, Passion for the Exotic: Louis Comfort Tiffany and Lockwood de Forest and Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CKSM/
Accession Number 1975-32-11
Object ID 18488125